After announcing a 19 date tour (including two London Palladium shows) for October 2016 and February 2017, The Divine Comedy announce details of their forthcoming album ‘Foreverland’ out September 2nd on Divine Comedy Records.

The first single to be taken from the album is ‘Catherine The Great’ and it is available from June 24th. The accompanying video was made by French director Raphaël Neal (Fever, 2015) and stars acclaimed actress Elina Löwensohn (muse of Hal Hartley and Bertrand Mandico). The video premiered on The Line Of Best Fit, and you can now watch the video below.

Since The Divine Comedy’s inception Neil Hannon has time and again proved to be one of the UK’s best and most original songwriters. Recorded in Ireland and London and written, arranged and produced by Neil Hannon, ‘Foreverland’ is a byzantine patchwork of love, longing and imperial ambition.

Neil says of the new record, ‘it’s about meeting your soul mate and living happily ever after… and then what comes afterhappily ever after. Get ready for the most historically inaccurate hit of the summer’.

As well as the swashbuckling title track, ‘Foreverland’ features the self deluding Napoleon Complex, the heroic ‘To The Rescue’, the unforgettable ‘I Joined the Foreign Legion (To Forget)’ and the heart warming ‘Funny Peculiar’ – a duet with the wonderful Cathy Davey.

Tickets for the UK and Irish tour dates have been selling fast, with Cardiff, Bristol, Leeds and Liverpool already sold out. Venues in other cities (Glasgow, Newcastle, Cambridge, Manchester) have up-scaled their capacity to keep up with demand and an extra night has been added on the 22nd February at the London Palladium.

‘Foreverland’ complete tracklisting:

1. Napoleon Complex

2. Foreverland

3. Catherine The Great

4. Funny Peculiar

5. The Pact

6. To The Rescue

7. How Can You Leave Me On My Own

8. I Joined The Foreign Legion (To Forget)

9. My Happy Place

10. A Desperate Man

11. Other People

12. The One Who Loves You

The Divine Comedy play:

October

Fri 7th ABERYSTWYTH, Aberystwyth Arts Centre

Sat 8th CARDIFF, Tramshed SOLD OUT

Sun 9th BRISTOL, St. Georges SOLD OUT

Tue 11th LEEDS, City Varieties Music Hall SOLD OUT

Wed 12th GLASGOW, Royal Concert Hall

Fri 14th LIVERPOOL, St. George’s Hall SOLD OUT

Sat 15th SHEFFIELD, The Foundry

Sun 16th SCUNTHORPE, Baths Hall

Mon 17th NEWCASTLE, Sage Gateshead

Wed 19th LEAMINGTON SPA, Assembly Rooms

Thu 20th CAMBRIDGE, Junction

Fri 21st FOLKSTONE, Quarterhouse

Sat 22nd NORWICH, Open

Mon 24th BIRMINGHAM, Town Hall

Tue 25th BEXHILL, De La Warr Pavilion

February 2017

Tue 21st LONDON, Palladium

Wed 22nd LONDON, Palladium

Sat 25th MANCHESTER, Albert Hall

Sun 26th DUBLIN, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre 

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